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RedShooz10 t1_j1p9bea wrote

Reply to comment by wolflordval in Chinese ships depart after record-long intrusion into Japanese waters by OceanBreeze246

The US isn’t being hypocritical. Domestic law puts the US to the same standard regardless if it’s a signatory or not. Furthermore, China is blatantly breaking the law that they claim to follow.

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wolflordval t1_j1pa0dr wrote

No it doesn't. The US does whatever is in its strategic interest, and ignores everything else. Always has.

And China is following the law... from their perspective, all their actions are in compliance with the law. We just disagree about their perspective.

If you take China's claims about the South Sea Islands at face value (you shouldn't because they're bogus, but let's pretend here) then their actions are in compliance with the UN convention. Nobody else agrees with their South Sea Claims, so from everyone else's perspective, they are breaking that law.

Instead of just bickering over if they are breaking the law, which will achieve nothing as both sides are utterly convinced of their correctness, instead we should focus on getting China to withdraw their claims. Just telling them their claims are bunk isn't going to work, especially given how much Chinese culture demands maintaining face and admitting wrongness is not allowed.

We've tried the bully approach for 70 years. It doesn't work.

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RedShooz10 t1_j1pd1kx wrote

Yeah I’m starting to get the vibe you didn’t actually read the terms of the Law of the Sea

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da_impaler t1_j1pdefj wrote

Maintain face?!? Admitting wrongness is not allowed?!? lol, hahahahahaha. Whatever, China. Grow up. That is teenage behavior.

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Karffs t1_j1qcbc3 wrote

>No it doesn't. The US does whatever is in its Chinese culture demands maintaining face and admitting wrongness is not allowed.

In most international cultures admitting when you’re wrong is part of being a fucking adult.

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